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Newspaper
Perry Advertiser
Location
Perry, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1898
Page
3
Local ad fragment lists items and prices for a Perry bazaar. Terms appear as scattered OCR text with prices such as 5c 50¢ and 15c, indicating a small-town market context and multiple inexpensive goods. The readable portion suggests a brief sale or vendor lineup in a Perry community setting.
State v IFC Carlton and Wilson unfolds this week with Carlton on trial before Justice Thorahburg. Prosecution details show a scheme using a postil card verification and disputed orders from Manning Manila and nearby towns. Carlton and Wilson fled, were located in Kansas City, where Wilson was killed before capture. Carlton testified claiming he acted as an employee, not a principal, while his wife corroborated. The jury heard signatures in pencil with alleged resemblance in handwriting. The judge reserved decision for Saturday.
Thelma Club outlines arrangements for their annual field day at the fairgrounds, set for Wednesday August 3rd. The event will feature bicycle and horse races, foot races, a ball game, band and concert, two parades, and other sports with over $1,000 in purses. The club aims to make it the athletic highlight of central Iowa this year through hard work and an excellent program.
A dramatic excerpt shows a distressed reader in a library sweeping shelves for forgotten lines. She browses Byron Swinburne Gorse Austin Dobson Stevenson Moore, tears and frustration mounting before the realization of her forgotten word. The scene captures literary yearning and humorous tamped exasperation.
A busy week with canning and jelly making, new frocks for the Fourth, and hosting out of town guests. The Order of Rebekah plans a July Fourth observance at Ruppert's grave with games and fireworks. Epworth League social on Tom White’s lawn drew a large crowd with a small orchestra and festive lighting.
The Ladies of the Christian church offer dinner for 25 cents and supper for 15 cents at Mé- Luén's Town Hall today. The menu includes noddle soup, teas, potatoes, baked beans, salads, slaw, relishes, bread, pie, butter, jelly, coffee, iced tea, and an elegant 15 cent supper at 6 o'clock with ice cream cake and iced lemonade.
County Seat News itemizes local visits with Perry residents, travels to St Paul Nebraska and Adel, and social calls by Laurence Ward Mabel Ward Gonant and Burton and Miss Kate Russell. It notes Frankie Gore and Zilila Chance assisting at Frazer school commencement June 29 1593 and cites Boston school cooking pay and staff raise figures.
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